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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hellman feel after Roosevelt's election?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Cautious.

2. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?
(a) The Blacklist.
(b) A major terrorist attack.
(c) The Watergate Scandal.
(d) Truman's election.

3. How did Hammett feel about Hellman's testimony?
(a) Amused.
(b) Upset.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Indifferent.

4. How did Hammett think people would feel about Hellman's high morals?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Unimpressed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Impressed.

5. How did Hollywoodites maintain their innocence?
(a) Fake support.
(b) By accusing innocent people.
(c) Pleading the Fifth Amendment.
(d) By running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the McCarthy hearings, who were most of the studio heads?

2. Hammett compared his time in jail to ______.

3. By the early 1940's, what was Hellman's party affiliation?

4. Wills sees institutions like the House Committee as what?

5. Wills sees the Cold War offensive as an ______ to the threat of the enemy.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did America's post-World War II attitude fuel the start of the Cold War?

2. Was Clifford Odets a hypocrite? How?

3. Why didn't Hellman take the McCarthy hearing seriously?

4. Was Hellman a Communist? Why did the government scrutinize her?

5. Why did Hammett end up going to jail?

6. How did Hammett respond to Hellman's plan to testify? Why did he react this way?

7. What does Hellman attribute the beginning of McCarthyism to?

8. What was Hellman's response to the subpoena? Why did she react this way?

9. How did Hellman change people's approach to the McCarthy hearings when called to testify?

10. Other than the subpoena, what troubles did Hellman face? How helpful were Hellman's friends during this time?

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